Moment US anti-ballistic missile strikes its target over the Pacific Ocean after North Korea's successful test of ICBM that can hit New York City

The Department of Defense has released video showing the U.S. military's successful test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system (THAAD).
The U.S. tested THAAD off the Alaskan coast on Sunday, two days after North Korea successfully fired an intercontinental ballistic missile with a range long enough to hit America's mainland.
Though the timing made it seem reactionary, the THAAD test had been planned months ahead.
The video shows the American interceptor missile being fired off Kodiak, Alaska and then colliding with its target missile, which was dropped by a U.S. Air Force... read more

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